Combined wringer-bench and ironing-board.



Y Patented Dec. 9. |1902'. G. W. UNDERWOUD. GUIBINED WRINGER BENCH ANDIRDNING'BOABIL- No. 715,627.v

(Application' med Fab; 1v, 1902.)

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GEORGE W. UNDERWOOD, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOFRANK E. NICHOLSON, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

COMBINED WRINGER-BENCH AND lRONlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 715,627, datedDecember` 9, 1902.v

Application iled February 17, 1902. Serial No. 94,427. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern..-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. UNDER- WOOD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Wyandotte and State ofKansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a CombinedWringer-Bench and Ironing-Board, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to combined wringerbenches and ironing-boards; andmy object is to produce adevice of this character which is efficient forthe purpose intended and is of simple, strong, durable, and cheapconstruction.

To this end the invention consists in certain peculiar and novelfeatures of construction and organization,as hereinafter described andclaimed, and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to belhad to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspectiveView showing the wringer-bench in operative position. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section of the same r and also shows mountedoperatively thereon the ironing-board attachment. Fig. 3 is a front edgeview of the ironing-board detached from the wringer-bench.

In the said drawings the top of the wrin gerbench, as shown, is composedof two parallel side rails 1, connected by a series ot' crossbars orrounds 2. The legs of the bench are disposed at opposite ends of the topand consist of side bars Y3, connected in pairs by rounds or cross-bars4C, the legs when in operative position diverging slightly downward andhaving their upper ends cut at an angle, as at 5, so as to provide aiirln bearing beneath the side bars of the top.

6 designates hinge-plates secured rigidly to the upper ends of bars 3 ofthe legs, deflected out of the line of the latter, and pivoted,as at 7,to the side rails of the top, said plates extending upward and inward atsuch an angle that when the legs are folded to inoperative positionagainst the under side of the top they shall lie snugly against thelatter for their full length, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 2.

Mounted centrally upon the top of the bench is a wringer stand orsupport, the same comprising vertical side bars 8, resting squarely uponthe side rails 1 of the top and connected by a cross-bar 9 at theirupper ends and also,

preferably, by a cross-bar or round 10. This stand or support is securedto the upper ends of hinge-plates ll, pivotally secured at their lowerends, as at 12, to the inside of the side rails and deliected as are thehinge-plates 6- that is, extending atan angle to the stand or support-inorder that the side bars of the latter shall rest flatly upon the siderails l when folded to inoperative position, as shown in dotted lines,Fig. 2, and in this connection it is proper to state that when thewringerbench is folded. to the inoperative position (shown in Fig. 2) itcan be used to advantage as a ladder for the purpose of hangingpictures, washing windows, and the like.

When the bench is in operative position, the stand is braced rigidly inits verticalposition by means of a pair of hooks 13, secured permanentlyat their lower ends to eyebolts 14 in rails 1 and detachably connectedat their upper ends to the eyebolts 15 of bars 8, these hooks beingarranged at the opposite side of the stand from its pivotal point 12.

When arranged as shown in Fig. 1, the wringer (not shown) is adapted tobe clamped upon bar 9 of the stand in the usual manner and the tubs ofwater are supported upon the top at opposite sides of the wringer-stand.

The ironing board attachment for this wringer-bench consists of theboard 16 ofthe usual or any preferred form and size and provided at asuitable distance from its rear end with a pair of parallel cleats 17,spaced so as to engage the opposite sides of cross-bar 9 when the boardrests upon the latter, as shown in Fig. 2. At the other end and underside of the board is a cross-bar 18, terminating in cylindrical spindles19. A brace for said bar consists of a pair of parallel side bars 20,connected by one or more cross-bars or rounds 2l and provided with U-shaped clips or brackets 22 at their upper ends, which fit pivotallyupon the spindles 19. The lower ends of bars 2O of said brace areprovided with notches 23 in the front edge of said bars and atapproximately right angles to their length, so that said brace may beengaged and disengaged with one of the cross-bars or rounds 2 of thewringer-bench top, and in this connection it should be noted that theinclined position of IOO Jthe brace tends to keep it in engagement withthe round.

When the operator starts to iron after placing a garment or article uponthe free end of the ironing-board, the pressure applied on the lattercauses the brace to bind more tightly on the round, this increasedfriction more reliably insuring against accidental disengagement of suchparts.

To detach the ironing-board, it is only necessary to disengage the bracefrom the round and lift the board from the stand. The brace can then beswung pivotally to a position against the under side of the board,which, with the bench folded, as hereinbefore explained, can be storedaway in small space.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced acombined wringer'bench and ironing-board which embodies the feature ofadvantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention.

Having thus described the invention,`what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a combined wringer-bench and ironingboard, the combination with thebench proper having side rails connected by rounds, and divergingsupporting-legs at their extremities; of a wringer-stand hinged at aboutthe center of the bench, means for holding it in upright position, arectangular cross-bar at its top, an ironing-board adapted 'ro rest uponsaid top bar, parallel cleats on its underside adapted to removablyengage the opposite sides of said top bar, a cross-bar secured beneaththe outer end of said board and having cylindrical spindles at itsextremities, an oblique brace comprising parallel side bars connected bya round, U-shaped clips at their upper ends pivotally engaging saidspindles, and notches near their lower ends forming hooks adapted toremovably engage certain of the rounds in the bench proper, allsubstantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE W'. UNDERVVOOD. Witnesses:

H. O. RoDGERs, G. Y. THoRPE.

